According to the State Border Service of Kyrgyzstan, a man died from the wounds in a hospital in Kerben.
According to the Kyrgyz side, a resident of the village of Kurulush of the Aksy rayon of the Jalal-Abad region, F.M. (1984), was in the territory of Kyrgyzstan and was heading towards the village of. Mamai, when border guards of Uzbekistan used weapons against him.
In order to find out the reasons and circumstances of the incident, a meeting of the border representatives of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan was held.
According to the Uzbek side, a Kyrgyz citizen illegally crossed the border between countries.
Uzbek border guards tried to stop the violator, but he did not react to orders to stop and attempted to run away.
Border guards made a warning shot into the air. The man did not stop. Border guards fired and wounded man.
Despite the injury, he reached the territory of Kyrgyzstan, where a car was waiting for him. "There he was picked up and taken to the hospital," a source in the Uzbek government said.